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MariaW
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My plan this eveing… A murder mystery musical about the missing days of Agatha Christie. I am really looking forward to it. 🫶🫶🫶

kspenmoll ❤️❤️❤️ 5h
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MariaW
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While listening to the first book of the series, Crocodile on the Sandbank, I realized that the characters felt somewhat familiar, so I went through my library and found a German version of the second book and an “old” audiobook of book no. 14 on TAPES!!! 🙈🤣🙈🤣🙈 I must have read/listened to them years ago and never realized they are part of a series. 🤦‍♀️ I am starting it now!!! 💪
@Ruthiella

Clare-Dragonfly I remember listening to those books on road trips as a kid—yes, on tapes! 😄 2d
Ruthiella No wonder it seemed familiar! 😂 2d
CarolynM So many good stories in the middle of the series! Enjoy! 2d
AnnCrystal 🤩📼😍🆒💝💝💝. 2d
Jari-chan Omg so retro 😍 4h
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Crocodile on the Sandbank | Elizabeth Peters
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Even though the cover is the least appealing I have seen so far, I enjoyed this mystery very much. Especially because it‘s set in Egypt and the surrounding of an archeological site. Amelia is a likeable character, witty and very assertive. 💪💪💪

CatLass007 I‘m particularly fond of Bastet! 3d
Ruthiella This is a fun series. I started it in 2015 and read about one or two a year. Almost finished! 3d
MariaW @Ruthiella While listening to the first book of the series I realized I knew the characters somehow and must have read a few books some time ago. 2d
MariaW @CatLass007 🐈‍⬛ 2d
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MariaW
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The mummy would have no chance!!! 🤣🤣🤣

Ruthiella True that! 😂 6d
LiseWorks I remember that quote lol 6d
MemoirsForMe 😂😂😂 6d
CarolynM 😆 5d
SheReadsAndWrites Those are my favorite books of all time. I named my dog Ramses after their son. ❤️ 4d
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MariaW
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Pickpick

This was very interesting- I never knew that Cicero‘s life was that remarkable and went through significant ups and downs. He survived more than Roman dictator and tried to save the Republic. This is definitely a very detailed book. To listen to the audiobook while driving proved difficult sometimes because it was easy to miss information, so I had to listen to some chapters more than once. But it was worth it.

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🤣🤣🤣

lil1inblue 😂 😂 😂 1w
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MariaW
Untitled | Unknown
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Pickpick

Save the Pharao! I listed to this children‘s mystery because I was looking for something to play in the background while my students are working on their papyrusses in our project week. There is a conspiracy against the Pharao going on and two kids are the only ones knowing about it. Of course they are trying to save him. And the kids listening have solve quizzes along with them in a enclosed booklet. It‘s definetely entertaining.

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Untilted | Autechre
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It‘s nine years now - some on, some off - recently I am more on. 😂

Ruthiella Happy Listsyversary! 🥳🥳🥳 2w
Jas16 Happy Litsyversary 🎉📚🙌🏽 2w
BarbaraJean Happy Litsyversary!! It‘s so fun seeing all the nine-year anniversaries!! 🎉📚🎉 2w
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MariaW
Paladin's Hope | T Kingfisher
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So far, I think this one is the best of the series. The paladin Galen and doctor Pioer (known from Paladin‘s Grace) try to solve the mystery sorrounding a deadly maze of ancient machines - with the help of their gnole friend Earstripe who adds some fun to the deadly adventure. It was somewhat shorter than the first two because this time Kingfisher tones the whole “He likes me, he doesn‘t like me” down a lot.

willaful Oh, that sounds like such an improvement! Looking forward to this one. 2w
StaceGhost I loved this one! It felt so sweet and tender 2w
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Paladin's Hope | T Kingfisher
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🤣🤣🤣

Ruthiella 🙊😂😂😂 2w
willaful Something to look forward to! 2w
julesG 🤣🤣🤣🤣 2w
AileenRR 😂😂😂 2w
lil1inblue I made this mistake of taking a drink when I read this. #spittake😂 😂 😂 2w
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MariaW
Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent | Judi Dench, Brendan O'Hea
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Even though interviews are definitely not my favouritw kind of text type I enjoyed the interviews with Judi Dench very much. She is a very witty person and her insight on the different characters were very interesting. I‘m going to use excerpts of this book in my English lessons for sure. 💪💪💪

AnnCrystal
😍🌿🌱💝.
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MariaW
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A hunt for a treasure island - Nancy has to piece together two parts of a map and two Parts of a family. Of course dark forces are hunting for the treasure island as well and Nancy has to keep her head above water. Definitely better than the last one.

Librarybelle So much better than the last one. 3w
jitteryjane724 Love the cover!! Takes me back. 2w
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MariaW
Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent | Judi Dench, Brendan O'Hea
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I love that Judi Dench‘s own drawings were used. 😍😍😍

AnnCrystal 🤩📚💝. 3w
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MariaW
Mord nach Mass | Agatha Christie
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Even though this is not a typical Agatha Christie murder mystery, Iiked „Endless night“ very much. Maybe because it was not a typical Agatha Christie murder mystery. 🤔🤔🤔 I liked how she played with supersticion, but suspected the twist. Was still very good anyhow. 🫶🫶🫶

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MariaW
Paladin's Strength | T Kingfisher
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Mehso-so

Even though the background story - or the two of them - is very good, I cannot give this one a „pick“. The constant wailing of „Does she / he like me“ was going on my nerves. Am I too German to them cone out more straight foreward? Never in my life I would have overthought an love interest that much. 🤦‍♀️ But again, Istvan trying to solve the morders of the first book and Clara trying to save her sisters are thrilling stories.

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Paladin's Strength | T Kingfisher
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😂😂😂

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MariaW
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I recently watched the TV adaptation for Miss Marple, but listening to the audiobook I realized it is actually a Tommy & Tuppence novel. 🙈 I thought the narrative about the criminal gang felt completely unnecessary and the ending came quite abrupt. More background information would have been nice.

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MariaW
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Finally Nancy decided to take up a profession - apart from sleuthing. I was already wondering what she was doing when she didn‘t solve a case. 🧐🧐🧐

Librarybelle Haha! So true! 1mo
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MariaW
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I just love it when books I already own are recommended in documentaries. Would have even been better, if had already read it! 🙈🤦‍♀️🙈 So it‘s next on my list.

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MariaW
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This was very interesting. I‘ve read much about the Roman Empire and watched a lot of documentaries about the emperors themselves, but never did I come across a study of the life of „normal“ Roman people. This book shows the ordinary life with the help of 24 different persons. Especially the the person last chapter „The parasite returns from dinner“ was new to me. I never knew that there have been spongers who attended dinners to entertain. 🧽🧽🧽

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MariaW
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You can recreate the recipes of Ancient Roman bread, as long as you‘re not interrupted by pyroclastic flows from a nearby volcano. 🤣🌋🤣🌋

TheKidUpstairs Those pesky pyroclastic flows! 1mo
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MariaW
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… cheerful knowledge that the copyright expired centuries ago… 🤣🤣🤣

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MariaW
Das Sterben in Wychwood | Agatha Christie
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The cover of my audiobook version of „Murder is easy“ looks very scary, only a witch is missing… since Luke is doing ‚research‘ on local belief in witchcraft and superstitions. He somewhat reminded me of Hastings declaring his love to Dulcie in „The murder on the links“ because he did do the same here. The mystery is set up well and is interesting. I even guessed the murderer correctly this time. 😊

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MariaW
Paladin's Grace | T Kingfisher
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I enjoyed listening to this fluffy romance very much. The background story of a poisoning and some killings with victims getting there heads chopped off made it a mystery somehow. The humour had me laugh in my car a lot of times and made up for the somewhat overdone insecurity of the two main characters. I have to say listening to Steven & Grace‘s thoughts about whether they liked each other or not was quite annoying. Still a pick.

Leniverse That's pretty much how I felt about every book in the series. Rolled my eyes a bit at the romance tropes, but just had a really good time with them anyway. Really hope she finishes the series. 1mo
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Paladin's Grace | T Kingfisher
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Well, we can certainly stand in one place and look … ah … bearded. 🤣🤣🤣

Jari-chan 😂 😂 😂 1mo
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MariaW
Schwarzer, Wolf, Skin | Marie Hagemann
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This educational novel was written to put light on the reasons why young adults drifted into the skin culture and its extreme right-wing tendencies in the 90ies Germany. Although it uses real events, it is very superficial, but I don‘t think the students will mind or even realize.

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MariaW
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Off to Transylvania!!! 🧛‍♂️🚂🧛‍♂️

Kenyazero enjoy! 1mo
dabbe 🤩😍🤩 1mo
janeycanuck That is the most unhinged description of Dracula I‘ve ever seen 🤣🤣🤣 1mo
julesG @janeycanuck 🤣🤣🤣 I agree 1mo
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Schwarzer, Wolf, Skin | Marie Hagemann
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This is was you come across when you‘re reading a book recommended to read with your students. When they‘re nit interested, they just scribble something in the book. Even though it is not their own one.

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MariaW
The Man in the Brown Suit | Agatha Christie
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This has not been the typical murder mystery a la Poirot or Marple like I expected. I liked having two narrators with two points of view - the one of Eustace Pedler definitely being the funnier one. And it was nice seeing Anne taking her life in her hands. And of course I didn‘t see the plot twist coming. 🤣

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MariaW
Pride and Prejudice | Jane Austen
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I was not able to finish The Man in the Brown Suit on time, but on last week‘s daily commute I did finish the Pride and Prejudice audiobook. Watching the movie regularly, I keep on forgetting the other scenes. It is nice to be reminded once in a while. 😊

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The Man in the Brown Suit | Agatha Christie
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Am I missing something? Or is there something missing in my ebook edition? It says there is a facsimile, but there is none… 🤔🤔🤔 #christiescapers #agathachristieclubr3

Librarybelle It is missing the image! When I am near my copy, I‘ll post a pic of it for you. 2mo
willaful The free first edition I found had the same problem, but I found another that included the image. (It's out of copyright so there's lots of editions.) 2mo
MariaW @willaful Thanks for the tip. But after reading on it became quite clear what was on the snippet of paper. 2mo
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MariaW
Shakespeare Undead | Lori Handeland
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I got this one out of a little free library and have to say there is a reason with there is an offer sticker on it. This is supposed to be the story behind the dark lady of Shakespeare‘s sonetts m, but with zombies. 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ The only good things in this novel are the original quotes of his plays and their usage for the dialogues in the text. I am torn between So-So and Pan.

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MariaW
Shakespeare Undead | Lori Handeland
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The author uses original quotes by Shakespeare at the beginning of each chapter - sometimes they go well with the chapter, sometimes they don‘t.

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MariaW
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OH MY GOD!!!! I was laughing so hard when stumbling over this GARLIC crusher called GRACULA - Garlic Dracula!!! 🤣🤣🤣🧛‍♂️🧛‍♂️🧛‍♂️🧄🧄🧄

https://ototodesign.com/products/gracula-garlic-twist-crusher?srsltid=AfmBOor_Is...

lil1inblue 🤣🤣🤣💀 2mo
Librarybelle Love it! 2mo
BookmarkTavern I have a mighty need! 😂😂😂 2mo
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wanderinglynn 🤣🤣🤣 2mo
julesG Love their gadgets. They have a platipus spatula(?) too. 2mo
Jeg 😂😂😂😂love it. 2mo
Gissy 😂 2mo
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MariaW
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Little by little my Walter Moers collection gets completed. The last book added was the last one published. It is a collection of funny fables (or fubles in Old Zamonian) which reminded me of some fables of my childhood - only with more funny and unforeseen endings. It is a jolly and light read.

jen_the_scribe I‘ve been growing my Walter Moers collection as well. Such a joy to read ❤️ 2mo
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MariaW
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If the book of Zamonina short stories is a funny as tge description on the back, this will be good.

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MariaW
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It‘s that time of the year again! 💪💪💪💪

dabbe Got my email today! 🖤🧛🏻‍♂️🖤 2mo
MariaW @dabbe Me too! 🧛‍♂️🧛‍♂️🧛‍♂️ 2mo
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MariaW
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We are currently spending some days in the German Spree Forest. Here I found this nice little free library in form of an old suitcase. Unfortunately, there was nothing in it for me. But I don‘t have much time for reading anyway because because we are exploring the region by bike and kajak.

monalyisha I love everything about this! Enjoy your adventure! 🤩 2mo
Kenyazero What a fun find! Enjoy your trip! 🚲 2mo
Tamra Such a cute idea! 2mo
AnnCrystal Awesome 🤩📚💝. 2mo
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MariaW
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Well, this one was definitely over the top again. Someone brings orange bombs (🍊💥🍊💥) to NASA space station and Nancy has to find out who tries to frame her father‘s friend for it. Yeah, sure, orange bombs. And then there is the mansion with a panther and it‘s covered in moss. 🤦‍♀️

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MariaW
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This is going to be either an exciting or over the top one. We‘ll see. 🧐🧐🧐

Librarybelle Ha! I vote over the top. 2mo
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MariaW
Murder at an English Sance | Jessica Ellicott
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For the time being this is the last Beryl and Edwina murder mystery. Even though it was foreseeable at some points, it was a funny and twisted story. I am not sure if the series came to end with this one because the conclusion sounded a little bit like it and there aren‘t many citizen of Wolmsley Parva left to kill off. 😜😜😜

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The Reader | Mk Harkins
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Trying to get up to date with my weekly newspaper reading - I am three weeks behind. 🙈

AnnCrystal 📰🆒🤩👍🏼💝. (edited) 2mo
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MariaW
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The secondlast murder mystery of the Beryl and Eswina series shows us more about their past at the Finishing school. They meet old acquaintances and of course somebody dies. 😜😂

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MariaW
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This I definitely a nice introduction to Ancient Egypt, written from an interesting point of view - the one of the population. With general information in boxes and additional pictures it gives the reader a first insight into the culture. This is not a book for a pro though.

Soscha I wish I could have been one though, an Egyptologist pro. Though I‘d probably be more about Sumerians now. Or just the human Homo evolution. Hominins & such. It still fascinates. If I ever win lotto which I won‘t that‘s what I go back to complete a BA & MA, and maybe a plus. 2mo
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MariaW
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This one reminded me very much of The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie, only with another real crime and an ending that was quite suprising. But I still ahd to think of Christie the whole time.

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MariaW
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I like the layout very much, it is interesting and pleasing to the eye. Pictures and background information boxes are added as well.

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MariaW
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I bought this series some time ago because someone posted it here on Litsy and I found it intriguing. After being in my Kindle library for over one year now, I finally started it. 🥳🥳🥳

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MariaW
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Checking out the background information on The Murder on the Links. It is weird to not read the teo books right away, but to read them chapter-wise after every Poirot novel - definitely not my typical type of reading.

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MariaW
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I don‘t know why some ebooks have the ugliest covers possible and others just use the ones of the printed version? 🧐🧐🧐
I liked this one very much, even though Hastings sometimes behaves like a leaf in the wind regarding his romantical approaches. In general Poirot colliding with Giraud reminded me a lot of The mystery of the Yellow Room by Leroux and I was somewhat expecting him to have somthing to do with the crime.

willaful This one is public domain so anyone can make a cheap ebook of it. 3mo
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MariaW
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I love how Poirot tries to instruct Hastings. 🥸🥸🥸